§ 2-146. Special expense fees.  


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  • (a)

    The presiding judge and any associate or alternate judge of the municipal court of this city may, after conviction, assess upon the defendant a special expense fee, not to exceed $25.00, for the issuance and service of a warrant of arrest for an offense committed under V.T.C.A., Penal Code § 38.1 (bail jumping and failure to appear), or under V.T.C.A., Transportation Code § 543.009 (violation of written promise to appear).

    (b)

    The presiding judge and any associate or alternate judge of the municipal court of the city may assess the special expense fee described in Vernon's Ann. C.C.P. art. 45.0511, dealing with the collection of expenses for services performed in cases in which the laws of the state require that the case be dismissed because of actions by or on behalf of a defendant regarding V.T.C.A., Transportation Code § 543.111 et seq., dismissal of certain misdemeanor charges upon completing driving safety course, not to exceed the actual expenses incurred for the services or $10.00, whichever is less.

(Code 1992, § 2-91)